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with the coupon uncut Return July
overs on August 1 and Aujrust overs
up to A ujrust 35 on August lo
Tun announcement that brought
forth the loudest burst of patriotism at
the Grand Army of the Republic en
campment ivas Raums statement that
5115000000 would be paid out for pen
sions this tear
With the farmers of Tennessee pro
testing against a change in the convict
law and the workingmens associations
demanding such a change the Ten
nessee politician is between the detil
and the de p sea and the tide rising
When tho G A R rceognizes the
color line and distinguishes the color
of the skin intead of the color of the
uniform it is evidence that the Cau
casian vill be a Caucaian under all
circumstances Xature is stronger than
prejudice
The feeling lxnwecn Secretary Xoble
and commissioner Raum got so bitter
that one of them had to go Noble
goes Raum stayj Noble has a clean
reeotd Raum is smitehed from end to
fid The Harrison administiation
ehooes its own Mends
A Ll > Y delegate to the People s
DirU con enion of Ohio opened her
mouth with an ominous snap and told
the convention that if she was not ad
mitted as a delegate = he was done with
the party foreer She was then ad
mitted The party i too small to take
the risl of a split
Livestock deaeiand raisers will
find tiie daih Inestock lepoits of The
GtXEiTE invaluable to them Actual
sales are reported daily fioin St Louis
and Chicago by wire These tales le
jiorts aie sent to Tin Gazette with
special reference to Texas and names
of xiiioiN ii umber of tattle and prices
lealiedaie all giien Lhetock men
hould examine The Gazettes ie
poi s
A CoTl STAVTfor the Gibbs piie
for the b st plan of getting tieasiirv
notfamong the people piopoes the
1iiiu plan of a per capita ditiibution
This a pietty good start towaul eom
iininini It take fiom the mon who
hate in opert and ditrilnte among
thoe v ho hae none Thee notes
must b paid when thej fall due Th y
mut be paid by the taxpaici Men
who pay no taxes will bear no part
of the cxpene of discharging the debt
though the will hae reeened and
pent theii full quota of the per capita
isuo K we are to entci upon a career
of conimunim let s go the whole lit g
The phixiciau who should tell a sick
man that his condition was dangeious
and he would hae to net out of bed at
once and take to the wood een if he
diid would lie kicked out of doors by
the iek man s fiiend That is tho
kind of treatment precribed for the
debtors of Texas by the defenders of
the alien land law The law i likely
to wreck thousand of for tunes thej
admit but after tliat i oer with the
tate will Ik in better condition In
the cie of the sick man piopcr nurs
ing would bring him at omul to health
while rigotou measures would kill
him A enible ali < n law in Texas
will cine tie eils that exist without
crushing the life out of our own people
The St Louis Railway Chronicle
critieiiug The Gazettes attitude
toward the railwaj commission of this
state say The belter way is for
thetate to let inonej be imeted in
eulerpncs in which the public has in
terest as business entures and theu
let tompetition regulate prices foret
wee If that was done lianportation
charge w ould alw a s be exactly w hat
the traflie will beat Experience does
not support this theory Competition
is spasmodic A rate war cuts charges
down to a loing basi then the loads
after ei ippluisr one another compose
their differences and put up charges to
a notch that will compensate for the
lose they have sustained and rob the
public The railroad tommission is to
ptoteetthe roads againt other roads
a well a to protect the public against
them It is endcaioring to ascertain
the lowest rate that are consistent with
proper piotection of railway invest
ment and w hen the = c rate are acer
tained they will bo hxed Tne roads
will not be allowed to oppre the pub
lic bj charging more nor to cripple
each other bv clwging les
TlllV UTTT TIIEOYV KOCKs
The disastious overthrow of the
Tanners Alliance in Kentucky where
it made the fitst experiment in aSonth
ern state of antagonizing the Demo
eiatic party in a stato contest is in
striking contrast with the successes it
has won in other states whei6 it has
acted mide the Democratic party By
this means the Alliance compelled the
nomination of Buchanan in Tennessee
of Tillmaniu South Carolina and of
Xorthen in Georgia as got ernors It
sent Iiby and Gordon to the United
States senate and elected ii e member
to congie fiom Georgia Then it
eaders became ambitiou and led it
out of the Democratic pai tj or as mam
a would follow them and tarted it
into buiues a the ponor for a new
organization the People s party In
the first trial its exhibit of trength is
so inignificaiit as not to deserve u pass
ing kick of contempt
The le on ought to teach the Alli
unce leaders iu other states some sense
but it wont Inide the Democratic
party they are nothing The natural
and wellq lalified leaders of that party
tmid so fai above them that thev
make a poor showing and have to play
second fiddle Like a great many other
thirdrate minds the Allianco leaders
can stand anything but to be over
shadowed They would rather be
hales among minnows than minnows
among whales They will not let the
Alliance members stay in the Demo
cratic party if they can help it hut
would rather hang on the edges and
throw tocks
THE ALIEN IAXI > I VTV
There is one feature and that the
main one of the Gossett alien land law
that is not understood by a great many
It is commonly believed and by many
intelligent people too that the law per
mits aliens to hereafter lend money on
Texas land mortgages and gives them
six jears in which to part with such
parcels of land as they may have ac
quired by foreclosure That idea is
wholly erroneous Articlo 10 of the
law read No alien or a person who
is not a cituen of the United States of
America shall acquit e title to or own
any inteiest in tho lauds within the
state of Texas aud any deed or other
conveyance purporting to convey such
title oi inteiest to any alien or unnatur
alized foreigner or to any firm com
pany or corporation composed of such
in whole or in part shall be void
Aliens who tool mortgages on land
before the law went into effect can ac
quire title to tho same but must part
with it in six vcars If that proviso
had teen extended to loans made after
the law went into effect that is to sav
if futme loans might be secured in the
same manner and six veais allowed
for a disposal of the land acquit ed un
der foreclosure there would be no real
cause for complaint Under srch a
law no alien could acquire land by di
rect purchae and thoe who should
secuie titles under foiccloiues would
be compelled to part with theiu to citi
zens of Texas or at am late citizens
of the United States within a period
of siy vcai under a penalu of an
escheat to the state
The lav o aliened f > oni its present
hideous and abnormal shape would not
be one paitielc less prohibitive than it
i = now of alien ownership It would be
a bai rier as formidable against it as
law could make it nd at the same
time would leave i channel open for
the mgies of foreign money with a
reaoiiable time for its owners to collect
and retire it after it had act omplished
its purpoes which all recognize as
beneficent w holeome aud salutary
A New Ungland syndicate may come
inlo Texas and loau money right and
left at a rate of interest higher than
that demanded bv alien jndicates and
in the conri of time bv foreeloure
mav acquiie large aieas of Texas land
wnieh it can hold out of the market for
a eenturv if it chooses An alien sjn
dicate acquiting land under the same
law and on loans made at a lower Kite
of inteiest too would be forced to part
w ilh it inside or six v eai Now which
of these sv ndicates would be the better
friend of Texas and her peopleV Any
simpleton cm see that the odds aie
largelv in fav or of the alien moaej
The law as it is now simply throws
Texa bouud hand and foot at the
feet of the Uastern loan svndieatcs
which ate given a monopoly of the
busines iu the state with povcr un
checked by compeilion from abroad
to place the tariff us high as the traffic
will bear and by squeezing tho un
lucky borrowers gobble up land in
Texas as thev did inKana Common
sene of the very commonet sort can
see tho stupid and pernieious folly of
sueh a law It is ruinous and disas
trous and should be amended Ii o
hibit alien ownerhip if jou desire
but don t lebel against alien money
Don t cut off vour nose to spite jour
face A slight modicum of sense and
icason aud a correct understanding of
the evil effect of the law ought to be
sufficient to bring every sane man in
Texas to The Gazettes position on
this subjeeE
Tetui at rirsf AH Klsht
To the Eaitor of the World
I have just leturned fiom a trip tlnoush
Texas and ray attention has been called to
a telegram fiom that state published on the
24tli instant under the lurid caption of
Starvation in Texas It may be that
there is a scarcity of lain in Stair and
Cameron counties 1 wilt not dispute it as
my travels did not CitenJ that far south
But these counties ato as much a part of
Texas as the ball on the top of tho nagstafT
of the oild buildiiiir is a part of the build
Injr If that ball were to bo blown off no
ore would be justified m pioclannins that
the World building had been destroj ed bv 1
cj clone The stato was never in a more
prosperous iondition and a liner crop never
blessed the efforts of the husb ituiman m
anv country Texas grows a cotton ciop
worth POtHX000 has a wool crop worth
< > 000000hasabeef crop worth 15000
IKX ard many other resources to saj noth
ing of wheat worth f 15 000000 and oats
barlev rve and fruit lumber rice suuar
and indeed almost everv other product
that prows in this countrj If Texas l
starvinp then God help the lest of tho
countij Xo otherstate in this glonous
Union can boast of as prosperous times and
as biilHint future a the Lone Star state
Tesas l not m if when it comes to hard
times or starvation
B B Paddock
Xew York July 27 Ei
Komi Fixed at STOOO
Special to the Gazette
San Angei0 ToMGnFEN CouxTr Tex
Autr 0 The preliminari tiid of John Q
Adams formurdeiing T Meyer at Sonora
last Thursday was concluded here toda >
after two days spent in hearing the evi
dence Adams bond was placed at 7000
whit h he readily gave
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THE GAZETTE FT TOBTH TEXAS FEIDAY AUGUST 7
Denlson Woman Scalded
Special to the Gazette
Dei = on Geatsox CroxTT Tex Aug
0 Mrs Lerov Trice who lives on Saepard
street wjs verv badlv scalded this niormnsr
bj letting a kettle of boiling w ater fall and
spilling it over Lor low er limbs aud feet A
doctor was sent for and did everv thine
l > ossible but the unfoitunate woman suf
fered great pain from the bums inriieted
lietp Knrned to Death
Sretial to the Gazette
Sex Anoelo Tom Gkfex Covnti Te
Aug li W il Lockcn a sheep man in
Schleithler county lot TO head of sheep
hist Friday by being burned ta death in j
prairie hre
TEXAS LEADS
THE GREATNESS OF THE LONE
STAR STATE
Posulbly Not the Canlen of Eden llut
Seems to be Very Near Thnt Spot
Dr Eea Gives ills Jnipresfiloci
Atlanta Constitution
Special Correspondence
San Mahcos Tex July 3 If I were
called on to name in the order of their size
the biij things 1 have met I should mention
first the Atlantic ocan next tho Alps and
third T xas The Atlantic has more sur
face the Alps have more altitude but
measured by its relations to civilization
Texas smposes the Alps and lanks with
the ocean
Massachusetts has an area of 7S0O square
miles or 4992000 aeie upon which she
supports over two million soul Ibis is
equal to about two hundred to the square
mile Under the ratio of 200 to the square
milo the population of Texas would bo V4
S71 > G0 souK
If Texas were peopled as thickly as
Rhode Island it would contain a popula
tion equal to that of the whole Ameiiean
Union
Texas is five and a half times the size of
Xew Yoik lifty times that of Connecticut
1J0 times the size of Delaware and 210 times
as large as Rhode Island
It is as laige as Maine Xew Hampshire
Massathusetls Rhode Island Vermont
Connecticut Xew Yoik Pennsylvania
Delawaie Ohio and Illinois all put to
gether aud 0000 square mile over
Compared with the countries of Europe
Texas has U4000 square milesmoiethan the
Austrian empiic Oi 000 moie than the Ger
man empire and neaily 70000 squaie mies
more than Prance
It is as large as England Ii eland Scot
land Waes Switzerland Belgium Hol
land Portugal Greece and Denmark com
bined
Supposing Tcxaikima to bo at Jerusalem
Palestine and Texas lying noithwest of the
Holv CiiVElPaso woud leach nearly to
Rine Italy
Texas is not all size however Here is
found the largest aiea of arable soil con
tinuous and lving in a single compact bodv
to be found an where on the face of the
earth
There is more land in Texas productive
aud capable of sustaining a douse popula
tion tli3n is found iu Arizona Colorado
Xew Mexico Utah Idaho Nevada Oregon
Washirgton and Montana all put together
nor is theie in Russia Tut key India oi
China stub a united continuous body of
fertile soil
Teas it rot oniy large aud arable but
phvsiiul condition of sm climate and
location point to this late as the plate
wheie the hndicst and most leuuilLable
civilizitiou is to be rcatlnAl jet knovnto
tin human race
Dr William V Wanen president of the
Boston university wiotc a vcry able and
mteiestiiig book in w ith he attempted to
establish the location of the Gaideu of
Uden
Actordaig to this high authority the home
of ourliist puentsvTds where the north
pole is now situated
Bishop John C Keener of Xew Orleansa
Soutneiner of the highest and most pro
nouiKCd tvpe did nqt with gi lee ateept
the lontlusiohs leithed bv Dr Wanen In
lus opinion the Garden of Uden was located
further south
So after a caicful investigation and con
sideration of the fact beating on the sub
ject ho found the home of Adam and live in
South Caiolina
Xow the human rate is to know two
Udens one at the beginning of its existence
and the other at the tlose
The lirst garden is ihe one whence
it started and from t hicli it fell
The second is the one wheie it is to reach
the highest eultuii moiul social and
spiritual of whth il i capable
Ibis is to be the gaiden of the summing
up the paradise of tomplction
The last garden is to be minutely more
beautiful and nch and radiant than the
first Here man is to Ik earned thtough
the ptoeesses of redemption and cultuie to
the limit of his capacity Here tho ends of
his being aie to be lealized
Dr Warren sajs the lirst was at the
noithpolc Bishop Keenei ajs it was in
South Caiolina
I have as good reason for declaims Texas
to be the second Garden of Lden the lice
shall know as Dr Warren has for lo < atmg
the lirst at the north poe or as Bishop
Keener has for locating it in South Cato
luiaThe
The three great tiwliraions of ancient
times were the Grecian the Roman and the
Judaic
Icxasis in the same lattudcwith Greece
not far below that of Rome nor far above
that of Paletine
It lies within tho same range in the West
occupied by tho nations which wrought out
tho great civilizations in tho Last
It is the occidental counterpart of the
most remarkable countiies of the orient
1 hese countries of the orient laid fair to
the sun and were heated to a high intensity
bv dav thus insuring rich vegetation and
abundant food for man and beast
Bordering the Mediterranean spv thev
were cooled by night thus opportunity w as
furnished for good sleep and recuperation
so that man could fill out the possibilities
of his nature
Texas lias 600 miles of gulf front and
has mountains on the west which protect
it from the hot monsoons of Al izona
At the very time great heat is needed for
the crops and fruit here the sun is at the
meridian and thus Texas gets straight
from tho center of solar force the golden
rays which through the processes of na
tures laws aie transmuted into her sugar
cane cotton wheat and fruits
CSituated in a basin with mountains to the
w est ard north and occupj ing such an im
mense surface the people could not stand
the immense heat of tho day if the gulf
winds did not come up every night to oool
the state off
Tho gulf winds not onlv drive ort the
heat caught by tne soil and the atmosphere
by day but thev bring hope and refresh
frcshment and health to the people Thus
tho heat while great does not breed dis
ease and eneivate hie
It simply comes in power to make the
people rich and is kept bj the gulf winds
fiom staving long enough to break the peo
ple down
Here are met in one vast area the ad
vantages of the mountains and tho tropics
Minnesota and Mexico kiss each other
and the heat of the one and the cold of the
other get sufticiently mixed to make life
vigorous and determined and high
Lenions and oranges prow on the coast
equal to any found in Florida
There is a sugar cane belt larger than is
found in Louisiana There is so much area
adapted to growing cotton and more was
produced hero last vcar than was grown in
the United States thirty years ago
There is a grain belt where more corn
and wheat can be produced than m any
other state of the Union
There are tho widereaching plains where
cows and horses and sheep fatten and flour
ish on the spontaneous growths of the soiL
More sheep are raised in Texas than in
Ohio more cows than in Kansas and mora
horses than in Kentucky
There is more coal here than in Ten
nessee more iron than in Pennsylvania and
more pine than in Alabama and Georgia
together
It has sixty kinds of granite and it is
expected to become a better place to grow
all nbrous trrases than Yucatan
Texas is kind of an American union bv
itself a sort of epitome of all the states
It almost seems as if when Ihe states
were built capacities for production weie
distributed and apportioned among the
commonwealths each one finding itself
svecially adapted to the pioduction of some
patticular thing but m Texas it was deter
mined to unite in its soil and climate the
possibilities of all the rest
Cardinal Mezzofanti was so gifted in the
ue of language that if re conv ersed with a
German h vras regarded as native of Gei
mncj A rif uehmun meeting him supposed
hemnsr lie a rativeof France
Ilfie ou the gulf lies astate that contains
vv ilhin its cvti boiiv the soil and the cli
mate for producing in abundance all the
varieties of
which any
adapted
food and fruit and wood for
of the state aie specially
It is tho corncnb the snotchouse and
the barn of America
It is the garden the orchard tho
lumber forest the ore bed the coal dei > oit
the susrar plantation and the cattle rauch of
tho states
This vast quantity and variety of food
and fruit and forest and mineral are open
and easily acecssibio to tho market of the
world through her ports on the gulf and
through her railwajs to the southwaid and
to the northward
Xo fertilizers are sold in Texas The
soil black aud rich reaches to a depth of
six to in certain places 1GO0 feet This i
p statement so extraordinary thar I leccc
nize it to be necessary to gie my auticr
ltj Co1 A S i r > dot > ex
member of congress now leiding at
Tvler told me that the soil had been found
as deep as 1000 feet Texas has no nav lga
ble nvers and is subject to protracted
drouth but this seeming draw batk is more
than compensated for by a remark ible pro
vision of nature Waterworks the most
extensive and marvelous perlnp in the
world were built for Texas duung the ter
tiary period of the earths formation
A few thousand feet below the surface
theie was placed a layer of watertight
lime rock Above this was a lav er of mi
perv ious lime rock This lat lime stratum
keeps all surface impuntis from reaching
the sand stratum
To the north of the state the watertinht
lime stratum gruiuallj comes to the smface
and gives out leaving the prenou
sand iajer to catth tho rainfall
and the Rocky Mountain snow wa
ter for a thousand miles During the
lainy season in the winter aud thesnov
melting season in the spring water l caught
by this vast aiea of now surface sand ami
earned and distributed under the ste
All that is necessary to hive tin vatei
come lrom its subtoirancui home between
the upper and under water tight lime
strata is to bore thiough the upper one
and then tne water comes up m gieat
neverfailing sluices At Vuo tho
standpipes are 100 feet above the level of
the citj vet the pressure is so gieat at the
bottom of her 1 > 5U foot deep w ell th it wa
ter pours through the top of them wih
tremendous fotte thus indicating that the
water enmes from some Inch altitude
Some of this water underneath tie
state finds direct outlet in rivers which
How striight out from the ground
as the ban Marcos the San Pcdto and San
Antonio These find their wav to the gulf
on the surfate after having eone hundieds
of miles heueath it The whole state of
Texas seems to oveihe a wondeiful
water svstem According to the Gal
veston Xews aitesian wells aie being
tapnf d at different points to hi ing it to the
sm face
In some places ciop3 are being nngitea
and an expnment is now in progtes at
Aran between Galveston and Houston
which is expected to show that all that pait
of Texicontiguous to the gulf is admira
biv adapted to nee there are a dozen
wells at Ilitihcoek within a few milts of
Galveston where water is used for ii nga
ting fruit and vegetable nrdens
Ihe piospect is that the whole gulf coast
of the state will in this way he tonveited
intogaideiis and oiehud with a water
supplv to set droughts at deiiaite And
theie is an equallj rational piospect hat
other poitions ot Texas unhiding inmv
millions of acres lving to the noith and
west will be reclaimed by arteian entei
pnse fiom the li ibility todiouphts and be
permanentlv blessed w ith plentiful supplies
of seasonable moisture to quirkea into mag
nificent hat vests the natuiul fertihtv of the
soil
It is seeminglj fuither to the edge of the
hoiizon heie than clsewheie In the praiue
tountiy one tan see thiitj miles m a
stiaight stretch It islike nothing one see
elsewhere except fiom the detk on an At
lantic stc imer during a fair daj
Tho vpiv skies above and around scon to
wish to impiess one with thi iinmensitj of
the count n
I asked a man if Texas was a lipjlthv
state He replied that Mr Porter itfused
to accept the death ralo fiom Waco in the
census returns and that it was returned to
the city authorities w ith the statement that
it was so lovr there must lie a mistake 1 he
citv authorities certified to its tiuth uiulci
oathThe
The opinion ronce prevailed that Texas
was the geneial rcsoit for escapes from
justice in the older states Jhere was
doubtless much truth in this opinion But
this has to rerted itself and resulted in itq
ownremedj All peaco oihceis in Texas
all sheriffs titj marshals and policemen
whose dulv it is to protect the lives and
property of tho people have a cuivwntiou
Of tins they are all members Thev aiea
strong and thoroughly organized body
lhey act as one man When the name of a
criminal is sent to Texas from some other
state all members of the convention arc
furnished with it Several newspapers
give tiiem a column free in which tojulvcr
tiso the names and deenption of the fugi
tives from justite Thus Texas is getting
to be tho hist state in the Union to fiv to in
case of crime
Path member of this sheriffs convention
has 52000 insurance on hs life
Thoentne tonvention is pledged to pro
tett oveiy single member and in case he is
shot or wounded in tho pursuit of his dutv
the offender is hunted down prosecuted and
convicted at the expense of the convention
This came about becauso it used to be a
common thing in Texas to wav lay and shoot
anonicerof the law in the batk counties
or for some rouirb to shoot a marshal or po
liceman in the city
A oo to the man here that kills or injures
an officer of the law He is sure to be found
prosecuted and convicted Texas now has
the best sjstcm for the protection of tho
people and for the prosecution and convic
tion of criminals of any country in tho world
Texas has a public school s stem endow ed
by tl00000000 The people of Texa pay
less state and ccotiuty tax thau in any other
state
The governor had to call an extra session
of the legislature to consider the matter of
getting rid of the surplus money in the
treasury
Uverj thing is mo ring at a rapid rate here
The chuithes have taken on something of
the same enterprise found in other lines of
work
Texas has a great manv Georgians They
are hero teaching school prattieiug law
preaching the gospel and farming
The presiding elder of the Dallas district
Rev Thomas F Pierce is a Georgian so is
Rev C O Jones pastor of the leading
Methodist church in Dallas At Fort
Worth the presiding elder of the distinct is
a Georgian and so i3 the Rev W F Loyd
who has charge of tho leading Methodist
churcn At Tjier arother progressive
live place there is being built the most im
posing and cathedrallike Methodist chrrch
in the Southern connection Tho pastor
Rev D F C Simmons is from Georgia
He is accomplishing a great work in Texas
At the Southwestern university we hav o
Professor Cody and Professor Ilyer both
Georgians Until recently the regent of
the university at Georgetown was a Geor
gian Rov Dr J W Heidt of Atlanta
Professor Callaway at the university of
Texas is a Georgianand has reflected great
credit upon his state by his high and exact
scholarship Bishop Joseph S Key now
residing at Fort Worth is a Georgiau as
eveivbody knows and has won the esteem
and the affection of the people of Texas
In all the churches here of all denomina
tions Georgia has contributed many of
their ablest and most useful preachers
Many of tho leading men in political cir
cles are also from Georgia as exGovernor
Hubbard exCongressman Horndon and
many others A httla disposition is being
shown now to put natives into political
office whero they are available The new
senator Chilton is the first native United
States senator Texas has ever had A pood
many people have spoken to me about this
from which I know they are somewhat
proud of having a native Texan in the
United States senate J w Lee
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Pobbed a llonte EanL
Soccial to tho Gazette
an AMttLO Tovi Gbeex Conxrr Tex
Auir 6 A party by the name of Hemphill
held up the inonte run by Jeff Mianis a
gambler at Sonora Wednesday night
Hemphill presentedthe front end of a six
shooter at the dealer and racked off about
500 from the table Most of the cash wa
that he had previously lost during the djv
tea ar = tffr v5ajfrfci A1toay A afJijaL3s rK Ctf < t r7 SfeBji7
REALTY AND BUILDING
WHAT WAS DONE IN REAL
TATE YESTERDAY
MONEY RECOVERED
A DEPUTY SHORT
The ltlj Hndce Will Soon bo 1 fiUlied
Crntml I ire Hall Loans Made
Ken ltate Traufer
2There were six recorded trailf r v
dav and tinee small sales made tl Jetxi
tor which have not yet pone on record
There were three releist u ve lnr
lien notes amounting to 27o0 pui a u
leeord yeterdav
Four loans were made vesterdav on Ft 11
Worth real estate atnounting to fMli v
loan eompinv loaned 4000 of the amount
Chamber of Comiuerrr
Il is almost a daily occurrence now to
have some one apply for membership iu the
Chamber of Commerce aud it is not at all
unlikely tint the charter hunt will be
reached bPior a great while Ihe Cham
ber of Commenchas a number of linjior
tant ciattf rs on hand and hopes to be
suecesiul in locitng several entei pncs i
thicitv Tin organization wiusoeto
that Fort Noih is fairly treated in the
matter of raiioad rates and with the con
misioc fixing pxiper rates Fort tvoith
ft tones and jobbing houes will prosper as
thej have never prospered before Ihe
new committee on lactories has gone to
work w ith a vv ill and much is expected as
a result of its labors
Notes of Progres
1 he great iron viaduct over the Tnnitv
v ill it is said be open to travel this month
Manager Tav lor of the cotton mill vv ill b
gin work on his residence this month or in
beptember
Somo ixtj postal clerk now live in Fort
Worth and are paid off here
Ihe trade teirilorj of the brewerj gows
dailv A large number of Texas tow lis now
bin Fort Worth beer
tountv TieasiuerBratton has about con
plettd a candstmc icsideato on Lawn Tei
tate
It is sud that the citv council will shortly
tain action looking to the erection of a c i
iral lire lull I his OJilding is greaty
needed
Hcnrj R Eailv will fprobab y build two
colt ige on Brooklvn Ileignt
Lvans stieet has been giaded and wel
gr iv eWl and is uovv being cm lied
Ihe huge stone smokehouse at the pack
et j will be completed this mouth
nrrordeil Transfers
J M Logan and wife to J R
Ixgau part of block 124
Citizens Building and Lo in asso
nation to Woikmens Building
and Loan asociation lot l >
block B James Ryans sub Ji
viou
W II kiniiei to U C Plump
ton lot band 24x100 feet off of
lot 5 block 11 Hillside addition
A D Curiie et al to M A Chris
man 1MJ anes I V Rogers
sai ev
U B Daggett and wife tollenu
etta P Kjle lot 7 block 1SJ
Daggett s addition
W P Liwson to W S Matnev
lot 7 > ami y block 3J bjl
vama
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Tex ins VbroitL
Special to the Gattte
Xew Yoiik Aig C Galveston B C
Michel Sturtcvait Grcenvillo W II
Roth ColomuJe Houston S C Wiggs
Astor Midiiletoii Al T Kennedy Grand
Centiak Houston H Blackett Imperial
K Poition or I hat > toten from llr Huil
init at Sherman Les Crushed
Hurt in Ilunawiy
Spual to ihe Gaz ae
bUElIMAX GltAVsOV ColXTT TEX Aug
C One bundled dollars of the monejtolen
from tho homo of County Clcik Ifudon
jeterdav Was found sprinted under some
clods to day in the back jard The thief
left > 2 scattered on the floor and mote
than 4100 more is nusing
A jouni man bv the name of Chancy had
hileg cruhed in a hay press todaj aud
will probably lose a portion of the limb
Andj Vel a joung fannci was snake
bitten tins afternoon and is now under the
care of a phv sictan
Many caloads of coloied folk have
nnived today to attend a mammoth cele
bration
Professor Adamson supcrntcndent of
public schools for Gravson county and Ahss
Kmma Jones ajoung ladj teacher of Col
hnsville weie the victims of a runaway
accident this afternoon Both wen throw n
irom the buggy and considerablj bruied
WHEN KISSING BEGAN
It Wan Imported Into lliglind by Hoiv
eni Daughter or Kins IlengLst
The mutual kiss of affection or passion by
the lips between persons of the opposic sex
is generally tonsidered to bo instinctive
Reichcnbach sough to explain it on the
theory that tho mouth vv as the focus of tho
odic force and that these two foci of the
opposite sex possessed natural attractions
to each other
The fact that the mutual kiss between op
posite sexes is not general among the tribe
of men is abundantly shown by the obser
vation of travelers m the lands where sav
agery and barbarism still exist Where it
is now practiced it is not probably of great
antiquity In some languages notablj tho
Japanese there is no word for kiss
When however tho kiss was introduced
to include women its vogue like that of
other new inventions was earned to ex
cess According to the chronicle of Wiif
seniu it was unknown in England until
the Princess Rovvena the daughte of
King Hengist of Friesland mstructed
the instnar Yortieern in the imported
salute
Though the Saxon statistics are not prob
ably exact it is IiLstoiical that in Lnglaud
not manj jears ago it would have been the
imperative dutv of a visitor to have kissed
all the ladies of the household even with
out previous acquaintance Such was the
experience of manjsurpnsed hterarj for
eigners notablj Erasmus
I he contemporarjdrama shows theuspge
to have lasted into the Georgian era and it
is to be noticed that tho performance was
generally called a salute sometimes the
salute
A Shortage ot SCOO in the Heeves County
SherllTs OlHce
Special to the Gazette
Ptros CiTr Reevf3 CotrxTr Trx Aug
C There bave been rumois for several
dajsof a shortage in tne sheiiffs office
here and an investigation of tho books
shows a shortago of about iOOO
Deputj Shenff James Johnson has
had charge of the office and
has for a week or two been confined to his
room sick He got out a fewdojs sinte
and as he did not show up at the office it
was thought that he had gone to bed again
down tow n A search last night failed to
locato him and it is a set
tled fact now that he has flown
Your correspondent iuterliewed Sheriff
Frazer todaj but tha investigation has not
been earned far enough to say just what
the shortage will be Ho thinks it will not
go more than JTiOO possibly a few hundred
more Johnson vv as under bond as deputj
and the shortage will be lullj covered bjit
THE 3IAN
who went out to milk and waited for the
cow to back up to him was the eldest
brother of the man who kept store and
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